Sanjuro (椿三十郎) 62 years old

Akira Kurosawa's Powerful and Newest Japanese Masterpiece

Sanjuro

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

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Sanjuro Cast

Name Character
Tatsuya Nakadai He was 30, now 91 years old as Hanbei Muroto
Yoshio Tsuchiya He was 35, 89 years old when he died as Samurai
Takashi Shimura He was 58, 76 years old when he died as Kurofuji
Akihiko Hirata He was 35, 56 years old when he died as Samurai
Kunie Tanaka He was 30, now 91 years old as Samurai
Kamatari Fujiwara He was 58, 80 years old when he died as Takebayashi
Yutaka Sada He was 52, 106 years old when he died as Murota samurai
Akira Kubo He was 26, now 87 years old as Samurai
Reiko Dan She was 28, 68 years old when she died as Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Tatsuyoshi Ehara He was 26, now 87 years old as Samurai
Keiju Kobayashi He was 39, 86 years old when he died as The Spy
Sachio Sakai He was 37, 72 years old when he died as Samurai
Yūnosuke Itō He was 43, 60 years old when he died as Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Hiroshi Tachikawa He was 32, now 93 years old as Samurai
Toshiro Mifune He was 43, 77 years old when he died as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Masao Shimizu He was 54, 67 years old when he died as Kikui
Yūzō Kayama He was 26, now 87 years old as Iori Izaka
Toshiko Higuchi She was 22, 39 years old when she died as Maid Koyso
Takako Irie She was 52, 83 years old when she died as Mutsuta's wife

Sanjuro Crew

Name Department
Tomoyuki Tanaka as Producer. He was 53 (86) years old when He died Production
Masaru Sato as Original Music Composer. He was 34 (71) years old when He died Sound
Hideo Oguni as Screenplay. He was 58 (91) years old when He died Writing
Ryûzô Kikushima as Producer. Production
Ryûzô Kikushima as Screenplay. Writing
Shūgorō Yamamoto as Novel. He was 59 (63) years old when He died Writing
Fukuzo Koizumi as Director of Photography. Camera
Takao Saito as Director of Photography. He was 26 (78) years old when He died Camera
Yoshirō Muraki as Production Design. He was 38 (85) years old when He died Art
Teruyo Nogami as Script Supervisor. She was 35 (now 96) years old Directing
Sanjuro poster
Sanjuro (62 years)

Akira Kurosawa's Powerful and Newest Japanese Masterpiece

  • Release day: Monday, January 01, 1962
  • Runtime: 96 minutes